Intresting Web Site

[Admin]

It's a sad day in America when this type of web site is needed.

http://www.defendthedefenders.org/

 

[Admin]

I've already written my rep on Res H.167 go here to write your Rep to support the resolution please

http://www.house.gov/writerep/

 

[Len-2A Training]

Derek, am I missing something here or did you have the wrong bill number?

Plugging H.R. 167 into Thomas' database of active legislation leads to the following:

http://thomas.loc.gov/
H. R. 167
"To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to establish a pilot program for lending to small, nonprofit child care businesses."

 

[Admin]

http://www.defendthedefenders.org/hres167text.html

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hr109-167

 

[Len-2A Training]

OK, correction to my prior post. Typing in "H.R. 167" is House RULE 167 and leads to a Day Care issue.

Typing in H. Res. 167 gets to the right place. [I called Congressman Walter Jones' office to get clarification.]

Make sure when contacting your Congressmen, that you use H.Res. 167 so that they support the right thing. Full text below:\

109th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. RES. 167
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to Second Lieutenant Ilario Pantano, United States Marine Corps.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 17, 2005
Mr. JONES of North Carolina submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services



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RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to Second Lieutenant Ilario Pantano, United States Marine Corps.

Whereas Ilario Pantano enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on August 23, 1989, through an early entry program at the age of 17;

Whereas Ilario Pantano fought honorably in Operation Desert Storm in 1991;

Whereas Ilario Pantano returned to the United States in 1991 as a corporal and again served his country honorably in Yugoslavia, Morocco, and the Mediterranean;

Whereas Sergeant Pantano separated from the Marine Corps under with an honorable discharge, earned a bachelors degree in economics in three years, and spent eight years in the private sector as an energy trader and an entrepreneur in media and film;

Whereas, following the attack on the Nation of September 11, 2001, Ilario Pantano displayed courage, dedication to the Nation, and self-sacrifice by rejoining the Marine Corps and, after attending Officer Candidate School, was commissioned as a second lieutenant;

Whereas in March 2004, Second Lieutenant Pantano was sent to Iraq to participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom;

Whereas, on April 15th, 2004, Second Lieutenant Pantano led a platoon in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, that apprehended two Iraqis who were suspected insurgents;

Whereas Second Lieutenant Pantano ordered the suspected insurgents to be detained, then ordered them to search their own vehicle in the event that it contained explosives;

Whereas the vehicle's seats were not bolted down, a tactic commonly used by insurgents to retrieve weapons, and nails and bolts were found in the trunk of the vehicle, items commonly found in improvised explosive devices;

Whereas, in response to threatening movements by the suspected insurgents, Second Lieutenant Pantano took action in self defense that resulted in their deaths;

Whereas accusations that Second Lieutenant Pantano's actions were something other than self-defense did not surface until almost two months after the incident in Mahmudiyah;

Whereas, in his Combat Fitness Report dated August 5, 2004--nearly four months after the incident--Second Lieutenant Pantano's superior officers gave the following evaluation of his performance from March through July, 2004:

Ì (1) His `progression as a young platoon commander and leader has been impressive'.

Ì (2) `With a calm demeanor that spoke of confidence, Lieutenant Pantano has led his platoon into urban combat in Latafiyah and he also conducted conventional operations in Fallujah and Zaidon Province, Iraq'.

Ì (3) He is a Marine who `leads from the front always and balances his aggressive style with true concern for the welfare of his Marines'.

Ì (4) He was `ready for increased responsibility,' and was a soldier who the Marine Corps should `retain, promote and assign to challenging assignments': Now, therefore, be it


Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that--

(1) Second Lieutenant Ilario Pantano, United States Marine Corps, was defending the cause of freedom, democracy, and liberty in his actions of April 15, 2004, that resulted in the deaths of two suspected Iraqi insurgents and that subsequently have given rise to certain charges against him; and

(2) the United States Government should dismiss all charges against Second Lieutenant Ilario Pantano arising from the actions referred to in paragraph (1).

 

[Len-2A Training]

Email sent to Congressman Barney Frank!

 

[YogSothoth]

Email sent to Congressman John Tierney.